Sentences with phrase «sects which»

He argued that in the U. S. there are over 500 churches and sects which differ over certain passages of the - Bible.

The area became a land of refuge and settlement for certain sects which in other lands could not resist absorption in the conformist mass around them.

Most Christian sects which emerged in the 19th century can now be judged as fundamentalist in their use of the Bible, yet one of the booklet series on the Fundamentals was directly specifically against them.

For this reason they fail in two obvious ways: they regress infinitely in their argument, with a neurotic curiosity, and they divide incessantly into more and more sects which destroy the unity of the church.

There are several other sects which are also called Shi`a because they believe that Ali was the immediate successor of Muhammad, but most of them are not well known or have disappeared.

It was in the monasteries, where some elements of freedom continued, and among the sects which dissented from the state church that such spontaneity and inward vitality as persisted in Russian Christianity were chiefly apparent.

Even Judaeo - Xtianity has had sects which believe that there is no after - life at all or that the after - life isnt for punishment or reward.

There are hopeful signs of an attempt to bridge the differences between the sects by means similar to those encouraged by the Society for the Reconciliation of Muslim Sects which was established a few years ago in Cairo.

Islam does not recognize one Shaikh or one Mullah who has authority in Islamic knowledge, and certain religious sects which claim such leadership are deviations from Islamic teachings far from being in order.

The Zaidis, now found in Yemen, are a small Shi'a sect which has drawn closer to the Sunnis over the years.

In the country east of the Jordan there seems to have been more than a single baptismal brotherhood; and the sect of the Mandaeans still living today in Baghdad and along the Euphrates — a sect which has called itself the John - Nazoraeans — may well be a lost remnant of such a group of Baptists.

Konkokyo is another Shinto sect which was founded by one Ikigami Konko Daijin in 1859 «in accordance with the divine command of Tenchi - Kane - no - Kami.»

Except for those minor differences, there was only one sect which was a disturbing element in China, the Jahriyah, a word which means to pray aloud.

Like a latter - day member of the Pelagians, the fifth - century Christian sect which insisted that a truly just God must give each of us the ability to save ourselves via our own free will, Aquinas creates a theory of salvation that rests too squarely on the shoulders of humanity, the argument goes.

Possibly the Gnostic sect which emerged later is a development of this old Baptist sect, and perhaps many of the Mandæan conceptions go back to the beginning of the movement.

Before the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, we already knew something about an ascetic sect which flourished in Palestine before the Jewish War of 66 - 70.

Not native, but originating in India, is the Ahmadiyyah sect which had a representative in Indonesia before the second World War and acquired some followers among the intellectuals.

They are also notable as a sect which holds to many of the traditional customs, known as adat, together with the religious law of Islam.

Ithna Ashariya — the major Shi`a sect which believes that there were twelve Imams and that the Hidden Imam continues as their head; sometimes called the «Twelvers.»

Kharijite — a sect which started with those of Ali's followers who opposed him for negotiating with Muawiya; known to the Shi`a as «the people who have forsaken the community»; originally a warrior group, they sought to kill those who disagreed with them, and were condemned by the Muslim community.

He said the sect which have in the last seven years -LSB-...]

He said the sect which have in the last seven years pushed for the establishment of an Islamic State and bring an end to Western education in the region «picked the wrong fight against the wrong enemy».

Lawal, confirmed this on Tuesday, even as soldiers barricaded the road leading to Zaria, apparently to fish out members of the Shiite sect which have been having a confrontation with the military since Saturday.

The king wanted to held a grand ceremony, and one of the requirements of the ceremony is that a high priest of Buda sect have to officiate the ceremony along with the high priest of Siwa sect; so Danghyang Astapaka, a high priest of Buda sect which also brother of royal priest Danghyang Nirartha was summoned form East Java to officiate the ceremony.

Those with most invested, much like the sect which expected delivery from the earth by flying saucer, are the least likely to admit error.

Not exact matches

Asking about which of the 41,000 sects of the Christian cult he is representing is valid.

Which of the ~ 40,000 conflicting sects do you represent, AE, that you think you speak for anyone?

I didn't really pay attention to her becuase she seems immature from the last article she wrote, but my personal gut feeling is that she has problems, also, with blanket judgments on which ever sect of the church she is exploiting.

There were many different sects with widely differing views — the Saduccees (those who believed literally in the Written Law in the Torah and not the Oral Law, Pharisees (who believed in both the Written and the Oral law, the rabbinical way which is the only sect that survived and continues to this day), Essenes, Zealots, etc..

Hence, some sects and cults from long ago may have derived from Abraham's community which became Israel under Moses.

I am a believer who does not claim affiliation to any sect because they all add their own prejudiced dogma most of which is that you have to believe that everything in the bible is beyond refute.

You are probably referring to Kabbalah which is a Jewish sect that had occultic practices.

I was in a Christian sect called Catholic church, which strayed so much from the Scriptuers in it's teachings and practices, that it's more like a cult, then true Christianity.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful He (Allâh) has ordained for you the same religion (Islâmic Monothesim) which He ordained for Nûh (Noah), and that which We have revealed to you (O Muhammad SAW), and that which We ordained for Ibrahîm (Abraham), Mûsa (Moses) and «Īsā (Jesus) saying you should establish religion (i.e. to do what it orders you to do practically), and make no divisions -LSB--RSB- in it (religion)(i.e. various sects in religion).

You are so right that so - called «Christianity» is «a religious smorgasboard», in which there are an estimated 41,000 different sects and denominations to choose from among the churches.

His job for two decades was to preach his sect's intepretation of The Bible (which very likely differs drastically from yours).

Much of it depends on the particular sect in which you were brought up.

As for Jeffs» long prison sentence, Brower said that many FLDS members will use it as an example of «martyrdom,» which could ensure that he at least remains a figurehead of the sect.

The only sects of any importance among the Sunnis are the Wahhabis, the reformist sect of Arabia, and the Qadiani sect of Pakistan which is generally looked upon as somewhat heretical — although its Lahori branch is not always so regarded.

The English tradition of religious toleration, which is the source of our legal ideal of the free exercise of religion, arose in the wake of long and bloody religious wars to secure some peace among conflicting sects by keeping individual belief out of the state's reach.

It requires devotion to a system of belief, it has a number of purity tests to which a follower ascribe, there are numerous sects many of which are quite hostile to each other.

It was the belief of all sects at one time that the establishment of Religion by law, was right & necessary; that the true religion ought to be established in exclusion of every other; And that the only question to be decided was which was the true religion.

... The example of the Colonies, now States, which rejected religious establishments altogether, proved that all Sects might be safely & advantageously put on a footing of equal & entire freedom; and a continuance of their example since the declaration of Independence, has shewn that its success in Colonies was not to be ascribed to their connection with the parent Country.

They have divided into several sects, of which the best known is the group which follows the Agha Khan, found in Pakistan, India, Iran, Syria, and East Africa.

Christianity, not sure which sect I can see, but the specific sect the moment you have your revelation?

However who can tell me of all the Jewish sects He met the one to which he belonged.

New Testament Scholars tell us that there are only three historical facts that we can be certain of about Jesus: (a) Jesus was part of the Kingdom of God movement, the belief in the divine sovereignty of Israel, and the desire for the divine expulsion of the Romans, (b) when Jesus came to Jerusalem to advance this movement, he was crucified, a penalty reserved specifically for those who posed a political or financial threat to the Roman Peace, and (c) a sect of the Kingdom of God movement continued in Jesus» name and memory, which was active in Jerusalem, and which lasted until 70 CE when the city was sacked and all the many different Zealot sects there were put down.

Since the relationship of faith about which we are speaking is essentially a belief in Jesus, the entire structure of the Church is obviously larger than simply those who are card - carrying (or basket - contributing) members of a particular Christian sect.

I agree, that there is not problem with «sect», which is the religious studies word for what Protestants call denominations or in German you may say:

It is hersey from ONE book which has been split in to 3 major sects.